Why Igor?

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Wed, 03/08/2017 - 02:31 am

Dear Forum,

I have been a happy Igor user. I started very slowly, and after many years just using the GUI for all operations doing force spectroscopy analysis, I ventured timidly into programming and currently programming is mostly what I do with Igor. Even if there is quite a big road still ahead of me with respect to programming, so far I am happily walking it - and for which I have to thank this dynamic forum for all the great help!

This reflection brings me to a possibly silly or unnecessary question, but to my mind, somewhat curious and important one:

Why is Igor called Igor?

If you know the story behind the naming, please drop a line!!

Cheers,

R.

rhjpires wrote:

thomas_braun wrote:
I've dug out a post from a couple of years ago with some interesting facts:

http://info-igor.org/IgorMessages/2009/08/Info-Igor_2009-08_0055.html



Cheers TB! This is nice! It led me to another interesting question posted on that thread:
what is the correct sound: EE-gor or EYE-gor? - it seems it is EE-gor

http://info-igor.org/IgorMessages/2009/08/Info-Igor_2009-08_0061.html



We pronounce it EE-gor but if you're a customer you're allowed to pronounce it however you'd like :)

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